ASN Aircraft accident Lockheed C-60A-5-LO Lodestar FC-BAD Algiers
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Date:Saturday 30 December 1944
Type:Silhouette image of generic L18 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Lockheed C-60A-5-LO Lodestar
Operator:Lignes Aériennes Militaires - LAM
Registration: FC-BAD
MSN: 18-2328
First flight: 1943
Crew:Fatalities: / Occupants:
Passengers:Fatalities: / Occupants:
Total:Fatalities: 12 / Occupants: 12
Aircraft damage: Damaged beyond repair
Location:off Algiers (   Algeria)
Phase: En route (ENR)
Nature:Military
Departure airport:Algiers-Dar el Beida Airport (ALG/DAAG), Algeria
Destination airport:Toulouse-Blagnac Airport (TLS/LFBO), France
Narrative:
Crashed into the Mediterranean shortly after takeoff from Algiers. The chief of the operator, LAM, was also on board.

Sources:
» The Lockheed Twins / Peter J Marson
» Du trimoteur au quadrijet: le transport aérien en Afrique noire francophone ... By Vital Ferry


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Distance from Algiers-Dar el Beida Airport to Toulouse-Blagnac Airport as the crow flies is 782 km (489 miles).
Accident location: Global; accuracy within tens or hundreds of kilometers.

This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
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